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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)
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Ethnic Population

3550

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No known L1 speakers.

Year of info

2016

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Colombia

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4

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2010

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2.504,-76.4016

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4

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Ethnic Population

4,130

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Speaker number data: (Arango and Sánchez 1998). No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 3,550 (Crevels 2007) (2013).

Year of info

2009

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Colombia;

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17 km west of Silvia, Cauca, in Totoro town

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17 km west of Silvia, Cauca, in Totoro town

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4,130

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2012

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Colombia

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Approx. 50

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All speakers are over 40 years of age.

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2012

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support from the Ministerio de Educación Nacional

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Spanish

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El castellano ha desplazado al nam trik, en la mayoría de los dominios de uso públicos, familiares y comunitarios, existe una ruptura en la transmisión intergeneracional y al menos dos generaciones completas de monolingües en castellano. (=Spanish has displaced nam trik in the majority of public, familial, and community domains. there is a break in inter-generational transmission, and at least two full generations of monolingual Spanish speakers.) There is also a radio series “namoi nam trik pesenamitan”, and various multimedia tools for language learning and preservation.

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking
    Crevels, Mily. 2012. "Language Endangerment in South America: The Clock Is Ticking." In The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide, edited by Hans Henrich Hock et al.. 167-234. Mouton de Gruyter.
  6. Namoi nam trik pesenamɨtan*: Reflexiones sobre el proceso de revitalización de la lengua nam trik de Totoró, Cauca, Colombia
    Tulio R. Curieux; Geny G. Castaño; and Esteban D. Montenegro. 2012. "Namoi Nam Trik Pesenamɨtan*: Reflexiones Sobre El Proceso De Revitalización De La Lengua Nam Trik De Totoró, Cauca, Colombia." In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America, Online: http://kellogg.nd.edu/STLILLA/proceedings/Diaz_Gonzalez_Rojas.pdf.
    http://kellogg.nd.edu/STLILLA/proceedings/Diaz_Gonzalez_Rojas.pdf
  7. Ortiz, S. E. 1939. .In Idearium, 2: 247-248.
  8. La lengua de Totoró: Historia de una causa
    Pabón Triana, Marta. 1995. "La Lengua De Totoró: Historia De Una Causa." In La recuperación de lenguas nativas como búsqueda de identidad étnica: VII Congresso de Antropología, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, junio 1994, edited by M. Pabón triana. 3: 91-110. Bogotá: Centro Colombiano de Estudios de Lenguas Aborígenes, Universidad de los Andes.